Montgomery: Lawmakers ‘screwed up’ but no prosecutions

Montgomery: Lawmakers ‘screwed up’ but no prosecutions (access required)

By Evan Wyloge - gary.grado@azcapitoltimes.com

Published: December 21, 2011 at 5:38 pm

Bad legal advice and confusing and conflicting lobbying statutes allowed 16 current and former lawmakers who accepted football tickets and other gifts from the Fiesta Bowl to avoid criminal charges.

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery said today that after an eight-month probe he can’t prove whether any of the lawmakers “knowingly” failed to disclose trips they took at Fiesta Bowl expense and game tickets they received.

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